Love your video about New York and all the little tid-bits of knowledge you drop. As a person who is unable to leave my house for medical reason, seeing these wonderful videos really helps enrich my mind. Thank you so much.
Great coverage. Can't tell you what a huge hang out....and pick up spot, the Bryant Park Cafe is. The whole thing is outside, and is jammed packed in the summer with a mix of suits and tourists. Spent many drunken hours in that park......
Yes! I just visited this gem over a week ago and really enjoyed it. I had to come back to your channel to see if you did a video on it....sure enough! Great video on covering so much of its history Tom!
So crazy...when I was a kid, this was the worst place in midtown. By the time I was a teen, it was still seedy, but I loved going to the library to study. The main reading room is just a beautiful and tranquil place to chill.
The carousel trivia!! Fantastic. Thanks. The Middle East has had such a huge impact on western culture. Many know that high heeled shoes became popular in Europe because Europeans were impressed by Persian horsemanship. And they wore heeled shoes to help them stand up in the stirrups.
Thanks for the tour Tom. I have been to this beautiful park, toured it with my wife 6 years ago. It was a rather warm October day and a first visit for me from Alaska. We did enjoy a light lunch at the Bryant Park Grill. We were in NYC to see the Broadway play "Beautiful" about the life of Carole King and visit my wife's 90 year old cousin. I really liked the Bryant Park Hotel and wished that I had known about it before we booked our trip. We drove up from Virginia after visiting another of my wife's cousins and were rudely introduced to the horrible NYC traffic as soon as we got out of the Lincoln Tunnel. I parked the car near our hotel and did not drive it again until we left to drive back down to Virginia 5 days later to fly out of Reagan National. In November of 2019 we visited NYC again and that time we stayed near at the Washington Square Hotel near Washington Square. The Washington Square Hotel is a real gem and we really enjoyed the neighborhood feel of Greenwich Village.
Bryant Park was nicknamed “Needle Park” back in the 70’s because of all the drug addicts and drug activity there at the time. Today it has been so cleaned up and beautiful it’s hard to believe there was drug activity there. During the Christmas holidays it is an incredible place to visit. They have holiday shops, ice skating, bistros….great place to visit!
Hi Tom. Bryant Park is a lovely place to chill out and take a moment to sit and people watch. I did that once. As you know , the Public Library was designed by Architects Carriere and Hastings. That public restroom is great. If only other public restrooms were so well taken care of and respected by those who use it.
Love the simple videos, not a lot of noises or random videos and images. Just you, your humor, and the info and images that help with the info you give. Great video.
I’m always amazed about what’s under the lawn in the park and the connection with the library. Your efforts are sooo appreciated from this side of the pond here in England (Brexitland 🇪🇺🤭). Thanks Tom/Stewie.
I used to live and work in the City. My office was in the Chanin Building and I would walk to Bryant Park almost every day to eat lunch. Always enjoy your videos...I'll never get back there now, so your videos bring back such wonderful memories! I absolutely loved the library, especially the Rose Reading Room. Thanks again for another great video. 😊
Tom, take us back to Bryant Park in the fall/winter for the holiday feels and 'chills' -- ice skating rink, holiday shops! Thanks for this wonderful tour!
Bryant Park is my favorite park in NYC! btw Wafels & Dinges are Dutch/Belgian words (Translation in Englisch is Waffles & Things) ;) Can't wait to come to NYC next May..
Before the pandemic, I used to come here during my lunch break and bitch about my job while eating Nachos from Moe's across the street. Great memories.
Awesome video! That Grace building has roots in Peru, I believe it was founded from the mining industry back in the day in Peru. Some interesting history there too, aside from the slide :)
Excellent again Tom, and yet again, some stuff I knew and some I didn't! Lol Bryant Park is one of my absolute favourites in the city, pleased you've brought some attention to it!
From the late 70s to the mid 90s Bryant park was basically a drug dealer supermarket. Heroin, crack and anything else could be had, and if you weren’t buying or selling you didn’t go in. In the mid 90s the NYPD cracked down and moved the dealers out and the park began to take on the appearance it has now
I love these parks where there's this combination of places to sit, trees, you can see the street and then the skyscrapers. It's not even that big but there is so much going on. I wish we had parks like his in my city. We have skyscrapers and huge parks here but never this combination of park + skyscrapers. Great videos! I subscribed.
Love your stuff Tom. The next Speed in the making...maybe. Makes me want to visit NY again soon, not been since 1999. Love from a cold and grey northern England.
Think about the Bronx the main land, you covered the Bronx Little Italy it was great....Lot's more the Irish on Fordham Road back in the 40's - 70's...Tolentine Parish area. Just a thought.
Thank you for the video. Another fact about BP is that management provides no indoor shelter for their park staff, except for a miniature parkhouse, with the same standing room as a phone booth. This should be more widely known. People shouldn't spend money at BP unless management improves these working conditions
l grew up in NYC. Back then, Bryant Park was an actual park with a large green lawn surrounded by benches for seating. I guess that much valuable empty space couldn't be allowed to lie fallow forever. Today's "park" is less like a park and more like a commercialized outdoor mall.
@@missyyourist9859 I laid out my TDNYC DG cues in one of his relatively recent videos, but I can't remember which one! Let's see, there were: sick plugs, eating street meat, a wink and a "ding!" sound effect, fidgeting with his hat, referencing law school, shitting on Marvel movies, Starbucks thumbs-down, impromptu singing, saying "Chill out" . . . Your liver is screwed, haha. But seriously, I LOVE his videos!
I put American Radiator up there with Chrysler and Brooklyn Tower as my favorites.
That's my favorite park in NY!
Hi tom melo from Bklyn you have more knowledge than Frankenstein love your knowledge guy God bless you,
Love this guy!
Very nice tour very informative and nice to listen thank you
Love your videos Tom
Great video! I love Bryant Park
Bryant Park ice rink and holiday market is also really notable! Great stuff, Tom!
Great winter village in the park too.
Love your video about New York and all the little tid-bits of knowledge you drop. As a person who is unable to leave my house for medical reason, seeing these wonderful videos really helps enrich my mind. Thank you so much.
I Love ❤️ NYC . Thank 😊 You For 😘 ❤️ Outstanding Tours.😊🎉
Your Soul is Priceless!!
Great coverage. Can't tell you what a huge hang out....and pick up spot, the Bryant Park Cafe is. The whole thing is outside, and is jammed packed in the summer with a mix of suits and tourists. Spent many drunken hours in that park......
On your way to 30K, Tom! Thanks for sharing your knowledge and talents with us. Great, as always!
These vids deserve a lot more that 30K
@@armosa I was here when he was under 1000 🤭
Yes! I just visited this gem over a week ago and really enjoyed it. I had to come back to your channel to see if you did a video on it....sure enough! Great video on covering so much of its history Tom!
Thank you Tony love all your videos and information. And your live videos also. 👍☺😊
Love it - another winner, Tom! 👍🏼
So crazy...when I was a kid, this was the worst place in midtown. By the time I was a teen, it was still seedy, but I loved going to the library to study. The main reading room is just a beautiful and tranquil place to chill.
I love Bryant park thanks for the info
Always appreciate your videos. Thanks.
The carousel trivia!! Fantastic. Thanks. The Middle East has had such a huge impact on western culture. Many know that high heeled shoes became popular in Europe because Europeans were impressed by Persian horsemanship. And they wore heeled shoes to help them stand up in the stirrups.
some good birds turn up in this park! I've seen Barred Owl in there
Thanks for the tour Tom. I have been to this beautiful park, toured it with my wife 6 years ago. It was a rather warm October day and a first visit for me from Alaska. We did enjoy a light lunch at the Bryant Park Grill. We were in NYC to see the Broadway play "Beautiful" about the life of Carole King and visit my wife's 90 year old cousin. I really liked the Bryant Park Hotel and wished that I had known about it before we booked our trip. We drove up from Virginia after visiting another of my wife's cousins and were rudely introduced to the horrible NYC traffic as soon as we got out of the Lincoln Tunnel. I parked the car near our hotel and did not drive it again until we left to drive back down to Virginia 5 days later to fly out of Reagan National. In November of 2019 we visited NYC again and that time we stayed near at the Washington Square Hotel near Washington Square. The Washington Square Hotel is a real gem and we really enjoyed the neighborhood feel of Greenwich Village.
Thank you for your great videos, very interesting and help us tourists to enjoy N.Y😊
Bryant Park was nicknamed “Needle Park” back in the 70’s because of all the drug addicts and drug activity there at the time. Today it has been so cleaned up and beautiful it’s hard to believe there was drug activity there. During the Christmas holidays it is an incredible place to visit. They have holiday shops, ice skating, bistros….great place to visit!
Hi Tom. Bryant Park is a lovely place to chill out and take a moment to sit and people watch. I did that once. As you know , the Public Library was designed by Architects Carriere and Hastings. That public restroom is great. If only other public restrooms were so well taken care of and respected by those who use it.
Love the simple videos, not a lot of noises or random videos and images. Just you, your humor, and the info and images that help with the info you give. Great video.
I’m always amazed about what’s under the lawn in the park and the connection with the library.
Your efforts are sooo appreciated from this side of the pond here in England (Brexitland 🇪🇺🤭). Thanks Tom/Stewie.
I used to live and work in the City. My office was in the Chanin Building and I would walk to Bryant Park almost every day to eat lunch. Always enjoy your videos...I'll never get back there now, so your videos bring back such wonderful memories! I absolutely loved the library, especially the Rose Reading Room. Thanks again for another great video. 😊
My favourite park in NYC . Absolutely love the Christmas / Winter market there. So magical. Thanks Tom!! 30K subscribed!!❤️
So glad they have a Tesla corner. Such an underrated inventor.
The nicest public bathroom in NYC, that's right!
Tom, take us back to Bryant Park in the fall/winter for the holiday feels and 'chills' -- ice skating rink, holiday shops! Thanks for this wonderful tour!
The various things your Patrons have had a hand in always crack me up.
Bryant Park in the mid 90's was just a completely empty field. They made it beautiful.
Bryant Park ….Best Park in New York !
Greatings from Berlin
Enjoyed your video very much 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 Hope to see you very soon again!!! Greetings from The Netherlands 🇳🇱
Bryant Park is my favorite park in NYC! btw Wafels & Dinges are Dutch/Belgian words (Translation in Englisch is Waffles & Things) ;) Can't wait to come to NYC next May..
Before the pandemic, I used to come here during my lunch break and bitch about my job while eating Nachos from Moe's across the street. Great memories.
I used to have lunch there when I worked on 41st and 5th : it’s sooooo much nicer now than back in the 60’s
Another brilliant video! Thank you Tom! Can't wait to visit NYC again and to also be part of one of your tours! A fan from South Africa
My favorite park in NYC ! Thanks Tom and Stewie yes , you told me things I did not know about it!
One can fully understand the amount of work that goes into making one of these videos. They are interesting and fun. Keep up the good work.
i think we've all thought that at 12:49 haha. also the bathroom is easily the nicest public bathroom in the city! love the vids!
Another outstanding video. Thank you. More, more.
My all time favorite place in Midtown! 😋
Thanks for the video. There seems to be so much stuff in that park with all the tables and it seems crowded with not much open space.
LOVE YOUR VIDEOS! Watching The Jinx now.
The library still has remnants of the reservoir, down in its basement (that's hidden from the public--see "secrets of NY" with Kelly Cho)
what happened to catatonic Phil?
Thank you kindly for sharing! ♥️💕♥️
Outstanding job @putting out entertaining fresh content that is well researched and not reductive. Never stop Tom.
Your so fascinating and knowledgeable! 🥰
loads of great facts and interesting things!! Thanks for sharing
One of my favorite parks. The flowers 💐 are beautiful there.
Awesome video! That Grace building has roots in Peru, I believe it was founded from the mining industry back in the day in Peru. Some interesting history there too, aside from the slide :)
Excellent again Tom, and yet again, some stuff I knew and some I didn't! Lol Bryant Park is one of my absolute favourites in the city, pleased you've brought some attention to it!
Another informative Tom. Thank you for sharing your wealth of NYC knowledge. Do you have any plans resuming your personal tours in the future ?
Yes. Please let us know I may be interested in taking the train in the fall?
Very informative, we hung out there on our visit to NYC last month.
Thank you very much
From the late 70s to the mid 90s Bryant park was basically a drug dealer supermarket. Heroin, crack and anything else could be had, and if you weren’t buying or selling you didn’t go in. In the mid 90s the NYPD cracked down and moved the dealers out and the park began to take on the appearance it has now
Thank you for your tours..
I love these parks where there's this combination of places to sit, trees, you can see the street and then the skyscrapers. It's not even that big but there is so much going on. I wish we had parks like his in my city. We have skyscrapers and huge parks here but never this combination of park + skyscrapers. Great videos! I subscribed.
Thank You!
Let’s go Tom! Hoping you’ll do the Tribeca area next.
nice video. i think your crystal palace image was the one in London
Bryant Park is a work of art. Thanks Tom for another informative vid.
Great vid as usual, brought back memories from a visit in 2017 before Christmas. Tried the skating first time novice.
Sure looks a lot better than back on the 70's. Good tour.
You missed that sand area and the Tesla Plaque. :) everything else i didnt know
Fantastic vid Tom as usual
12:37 Guatemala esta presente.
Love your stuff Tom. The next Speed in the making...maybe. Makes me want to visit NY again soon, not been since 1999.
Love from a cold and grey northern England.
love these videos!
What happened to phill
Really great video! There’s so much great info in your videos. I think it’s hilarious when you do funny skits in the middle of the video.
Thank you Tom! Really Really Good…
We were there last august. There were hundreds of people.
You da man Tom!👍👌😊
The patron messages at the end 😂😂 lmao
omg, Tom! Fantastic job!!!!!!!
Interesting! Greetings from Finland!
Another awesome video...👏
Well done!
Please do a walking tour of grande street LES
have you done the graybar building?
Regarding @13:45 : Note that Belgian good will didn't help them an awful lot in 1914 or in 1940.
Great video again
Think about the Bronx the main land, you covered the Bronx Little Italy it was great....Lot's more the Irish on Fordham Road back in the 40's - 70's...Tolentine Parish area. Just a thought.
Great video guys!
Tomás Im in France now but when Im in New York City, I confuse the arquitecture Art Deco whit the Racionalist arquitecture. Regards.
yeah baby
you're the best Tom....i'm doing good.. thanks for asking
I stayed round the corner from there when I went to NY it was great a hang out. But you forgot about The Engineers Club.
do you do personal group tours for ppl? I feel like you should if you don't, you've got great vibes and knowledge. :)
Thank you for the video. Another fact about BP is that management provides no indoor shelter for their park staff, except for a miniature parkhouse, with the same standing room as a phone booth. This should be more widely known. People shouldn't spend money at BP unless management improves these working conditions
Maybe bc it's so small they don't need indoor structure
Another good video. And flexing some German… Nicht schlecht, gar nicht mal schlecht.
The world through the eyes of Tomas "Tom" Delgado is such an awesome place, indeed! Jus' sayin'.
l grew up in NYC. Back then, Bryant Park was an actual park with a large green lawn surrounded by benches for seating. I guess that much valuable empty space couldn't be allowed to lie fallow forever. Today's "park" is less like a park and more like a commercialized outdoor mall.
It isn't a Tom Delgado video until he falls asleep somewhere...
It's crucial to the tomdnyc drinking game. 😉
@@MikeP2055 OMG a Tom D drinking game?!?! Brilliant!!!
@@missyyourist9859 I laid out my TDNYC DG cues in one of his relatively recent videos, but I can't remember which one! Let's see, there were: sick plugs, eating street meat, a wink and a "ding!" sound effect, fidgeting with his hat, referencing law school, shitting on Marvel movies, Starbucks thumbs-down, impromptu singing, saying "Chill out" . . . Your liver is screwed, haha.
But seriously, I LOVE his videos!
@@MikeP2055 That's amazing!!! Can't forget the sleeping on random bench and popping up from behind something!! I absolutely love his videos too!!